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WO1999054030A1
WO1999054030A1 PCT/CA1999/000301 CA9900301W WO9954030A1 WO 1999054030 A1 WO1999054030 A1 WO 1999054030A1 CA 9900301 W CA9900301 W CA 9900301W WO 9954030 A1 WO9954030 A1 WO 9954030A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01J—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J2/00—Processes or devices for granulating materials, e.g. fertilisers in general; Rendering particulate materials free flowing in general, e.g. making them hydrophobic
    • B01J2/14—Processes or devices for granulating materials, e.g. fertilisers in general; Rendering particulate materials free flowing in general, e.g. making them hydrophobic in rotating dishes or pans
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C05—FERTILISERS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF
    • C05G—MIXTURES OF FERTILISERS COVERED INDIVIDUALLY BY DIFFERENT SUBCLASSES OF CLASS C05; MIXTURES OF ONE OR MORE FERTILISERS WITH MATERIALS NOT HAVING A SPECIFIC FERTILISING ACTIVITY, e.g. PESTICIDES, SOIL-CONDITIONERS, WETTING AGENTS; FERTILISERS CHARACTERISED BY THEIR FORM
    • C05G5/00—Fertilisers characterised by their form
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  • the present invention relates to a pan granulation method for pan granulating pellets or granules and more particularly, the present invention relates to a wet granulation method for granulating fertilizer and other materials into industrially useful pellets or granules.
  • Methodology is required for synthesizing a granule in the absence of seed material and which is round, tightly packed with a uniform homogeneous cross section and capable of eliminating hazards associated with fertilizer granule production.
  • the Derdall et al. process is limited to the introduction of a seeding material typically between about -14 mesh and +28 mesh. This is required in order to control the granule growth and as indicated in the Derdall et al. disclosure, seed minimizes mutual agglomeration and results in high yields being obtained.
  • the Derdall et al. reference further indicates that the proper sizing of the seed is fundamental to the operation of the process for granulation in order to have -2- product yields exceed 90%.
  • a seed core in the range of -14 mesh to +35 mesh is required in order to achieve a steady state and maintain uniform size distribution of between -8 mesh to +6 mesh.
  • the size distribution of the nucleating material is between -35 mesh and +150 mesh which corresponds to micron size less than 590 ⁇ m and 105 ⁇ m, respectively.
  • Nowhere in the prior art is a powdered nucleating agent in this size distribution disclosed for the purpose of forming a uniform granule in the size distribution of -8 mesh to +4 mesh.
  • Advantages have been ascribed to this process and one of the most attractive advantages is that the granule or pellet has an enormous break strength and a uniform cross section. It has been found by practicing the present invention, that break strengths in the range of 1 to 4 kgs or greater have been achieved.
  • agglomeration typically involves the aggregation of colloidal particles suspended in a liquid into clusters or floes. These clusters or floes have varying degrees of interstices and are loosely bound ( Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, eleventh edition, 1987).
  • the methodology herein facilitates sulfur granulation.
  • sulfur fertilization increases crop yield and quality and further has an effect on nitrogen processing by plant matter. This processing is, in turn, related to protein synthesis, nitrogen fixation, photosynthesis and disease resistance.
  • Boeglin et al. in United States Patent No. 3,853,490 discloses a granulation method for granulating potassium sulfate. The method involves the use of large particle starting material -6 +65 mesh (50%), -200 mesh (10% to 30%) and the remainder comprising -65 +200 mesh.
  • the granulation is carried out in conventional granulating equipment, however, there is no discussion concerning process control difficulties associated with pan granulation of the product. It is known from Derdall et al that significant difficulties are encountered in keeping the granulation steady even with seed material in the size range of +35 mesh. The most difficult problem is controlling "cycling" where the larger particles destroy the smaller particles.
  • the Boeglin et al. reference would therefore appear to be directed solely to a drum granulation process where the complications inherent with pan granulation are not encountered.
  • Kurtz in United States Patent No. 5,322,532, discloses a sodium bicarbonate blast media.
  • the blast media comprises an agglomeration of sodium bicarbonate and sodium sesquicarbonate.
  • the reference does not set forth any details with respect to any other formulation process apart from agglomeration and lacks instruction regarding any other material for augmentation.
  • the present invention has applicability in the fertilizer industry.
  • One object of the present invention is to provide an improved method for generating a variety of industrially useful particles or granules, which particles are devoid the drawbacks of the prior art techniques.
  • a further object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a wet granulation method for granulating a fertilizer feedstock into granules, comprising the steps of: providing a fertilizer feedstock having about 99.9% particle size of -150 mesh of the 99.9% particle size of -150 mesh about 90% comprising a particle size of -200 mesh; providing a binder material in an amount of about 6% to about 8% by weight; contacting the fertilizer feedstock with the binder on a pan granulator under moisture conditions where the moisture content on the pan is between about 1.5% to about 11 % by weight; and forming fertilizer granules on the pan directly from the feedstock in the absence of seed or nucleating material.
  • the maintenance of moisture on the pan and in the product substantially prevents dust formation during product synthesis.
  • This is augmented by the addition of oil e.g. mineral, vegetable, seed, synthetic, etc. to the final product.
  • plant nutrients, growth regulators, minerals, time release compositions and suitable bacteria may be included in the granules.
  • suitable examples include copper, boron, selenium and nitrogen; the growth regulators may be herbicides, pesticides, hormones; the minerals will vary depending on soil and environment conditions, but may include copper, boron and other metals; the time release materials may be selected to release the sulfur only at specific times during the growth cycle of the plant, crop, etc.; bacteria may be selected from a diverse variety depending on the specific requirements of the user. To this end, sulfur oxidizing bacteria may be selected, disease combating bacteria to reduce the vulnerability of the crop etc.
  • the important inventive concept of the present invention is the ability to generate particles/granules in the absence of a seeding agent.
  • the process can be loosely referred to as a pan nucleation process; the process proceeds generally as crystallization, i.e., a nucleation site accretes the surrounding material.
  • the pan rotation and binder assist in the material accretion around the nucleation site to produce a tightly packed granule with high feedstock content.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a schematic representation of the method according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 4 is a photograph of sulfur granules in cross section formulated by practicing the methodology of one embodiment the present invention
  • Figure 5 is a photograph of the sulfur granules of Figure 4.
  • FIG. 6 is a photograph of a potassium chloride granules formulated by practicing the methodology of the prior art
  • Figure 8 is a photograph of potassium chloride granules in cross section formulated by practicing the methodology of one embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG 9 is a photograph of a potassium chloride granule illustrated in Figure 8.
  • Figure 10 is a photograph of potassium chloride granules containing sulfur and formulated by practicing the methodology of one embodiment of the present invention.
  • Nitrate - alcohol and at 210 explode if
  • FIG. 1 shown is an overall schematic representation of the process according to one embodiment.
  • the circuit is representative of a ten ton per hour circuit.
  • Reference numeral 10 denotes the introduction of feedstock which may be any suitable material, numerous examples of which have been indicated supra.
  • feedstock which may be any suitable material, numerous examples of which have been indicated supra.
  • the technology set forth herein permits the formation of most any granulated product including various sulfates, soda ash, sulfur, potash, kaolin, magnesia, potassium sodium and ammonium chloride inter alia.
  • the feed may be introduced at 9.8 tons per hour (9.8 thr "1 ) along with suitable binder material as set forth herein previously.
  • the feedstock and binder may be then introduced into a pulverizer 12 to pulverize the feedstock such that a product is produced having 99.9% -150 mesh and at least 90% -200 mesh.
  • the pulverizer 12 may be a classifying pulverizer or air sweep pulverizer or any other suitable pulverizer known by those skilled in the art.
  • the stream is introduced into a sealed collection hopper, globally denoted by numeral 16, which includes a bag house 18 to collect dust.
  • Collection hopper 16 includes suitable valve 20 for metering dust into a collection bin 22.
  • the bin 22 is mounted over two feeders 24 and 26 which divide the material being received from bin 22 into two streams, the first stream being fed by feeder 26 to a wet mixer (not shown) and then to a first large pan granulator 28 at a rate of 7.6 tons per hour (7.6 thr "1 ), as an example, while feeder 24 feeds a second stream into a paddle or pin mixer (not shown) and then to a second pan granulator 30, being smaller than granulator 28.
  • the feed rate to the small pan may be 2.8 tons per hour (2.8 thr "1 ), as an example, to be consistent with a ten ton per hour circuit.
  • the mixers each contain a mixture of binder and feedstock with a moisture content in the range of 4% to about 8% by weight.
  • the material fed from the mixers to the pans is thus wet and this avoids dust formation during processing.
  • the amount of moisture in the binder is a variable factor and is dependent upon the nature of the binder (solid/moisture content).
  • solid/moisture content solid/moisture content
  • Pan 30 is equipped with a small receptacle 32 for retaining -35 mesh dry raw feedstock (not shown).
  • the receptacle 32 is equipped with a variable rate metering -11- apparatus (not shown).
  • the feeder removes the material from the receptacle 32 and introduces the dry raw feedstock into pan 30.
  • the pan granulators 28 and 30 include upper and lower scrapers 34, 36 and 38, 40, respectively.
  • the same is introduced to the pan 30 behind top scraper 38.
  • the production rate for the pan 30 would be set for 3 tons per hour (3 thr "1 ) with a size distribution of approximately 80% product between -8 mesh to +20 mesh.
  • the product formed from pan 30 is typically between 50 to 80% -8 mesh.
  • the product is discharged and dried with dryer 38.
  • Dryer 38 may be selected from, for example, Carrier dryers, tray dryers or roto louver type dryers.
  • the product being formed in large pan 28 is additionally transported to dryer 38 via a suitable conveyer, globally denoted by numeral 40.
  • Product exiting dryer 38 via stream 42 is then screened by a suitable screening arrangement 44 at 4 mesh, 8 mesh and 20 mesh.
  • the +4 and -20 mesh portions are sent to pulverizer 12 for recycling into the system, the recycling stream being indicated by numeral 46.
  • the -4 to +8 mesh portion is the final product and leaves screen 44, as indicated by numeral 48, as a final finished product.
  • the -8 to +20 mesh portion is sent via stream 50 to a hopper equipped with a weigh belt feeder, broadly denoted by numeral 52.
  • the material is advanced from the weigh belt feeder 52 into pan 28 whereupon the product is further processed by the introduction of binder and additional dust to produce a desired granule product. This is an optional step dependent upon whether further feedstock accretion is desired.
  • Any residual dust which may be present in dryer 38 may be passed via line 54 for exiting dryer 38 to hopper 56 and the collected material in hopper 56 either passed onto the bag house 18 via line 58 or passed into the feedstock via line 60.
  • the fines or dust entering bag house 18 may additionally be passed off onto ancillary operations, for example, wet -12- scrubbing, as broadly denoted by numeral 60 in Figure 1.
  • ancillary operations for example, wet -12- scrubbing
  • the ratio of -8 to +20 mesh product needed to run pan 28 at a steady state has been found to be, for the system described herein, between 1 :10 to 2:5, an optimum of 1 :5.
  • Pan 28 stabilizes quickly and produces yields of greater than 95% on +8 to -4 mesh.
  • the process yield from the overall circuit as set forth herein exceeds 90%.
  • 10% of the weight, which is in the -20 and +4 mesh size distribution, as well as dryer dusts, can be recycled to enhance the efficiency and productivity of the method to produce maximum yields at very low cost.
  • the pans may be adjusted for angle and rotational speed such that the +8 to -4 mesh granules are only produced.
  • the specific angle of tilt and horizontal angle will be dependent upon the rotational speed and the size of the granule desired to be produced.
  • the tilt and/or angular velocity of the pan(s) may be adjusted to produce granules in the size distribution of -10 mesh to about 100 mesh.
  • any number of pans can be incorporated into the system to progressively grow or accrete a granule.
  • the process is interruptible and therefore can be custom designed to produce granules having a variety of layers of material to produce a host of valuable granules. It will be clear to those skilled in the art that the process is effective for producing a number of different forms of fertilizer and has particular utility with respect to the formation of high grade fertilizer for use on golf courses, time release formulae etc.
  • suitable example include lignosol, sugars, saturated salts and proteins, water, calcium sulfate, sodium sulfate, potassium chloride, dry gluttens, wheat -13- grains, barley grains, rice grains and calcium phosphate among others.
  • the binder composition may comprise a high moisture content, generally 30% to 60% moisture or greater with the balance comprising solids. It is also contemplated that mixtures of binder material may be employed. In the case when the binder contains 60% solids, then approximately 5% by weight binder may be employed in the process.
  • binder and feedstock material may be added to the pan(s) simultaneously.
  • Figure 2 illustrates granulated sulfur pellets with an ammonium sulfate core created by the prior art technique as taught by Derdall et al.
  • the pellets clearly include a sizeable core occupying a large amount of the volume of the particle. It is also evident that the cross section of the particles is nonuniform and in some cases hollow in localized areas. In addition, the particles are not spherical, but rather substantially aspherical. These factors all depreciate the quality and industrial value of the particles.
  • Figure 3 shows whole granulated sulfur pellets synthesized in accordance with the Derdall et al. methodology. As is evident from the figure, the exterior of the granules is loose to provide a grainy surface texture. This lack of consolidation of the material results in the generation of dust which, as indicated supra, creates significant handling problems and in particular, increases the likelihood of a potential explosion.
  • Figures 4 and 5 demonstrate the high quality particles generated by the present methodology.
  • the particles/granules are completely devoid of any core or seed, but rather are entirely uniform, continuous and solid throughout.
  • Figure 5 illustrates the granules in toto. It is readily apparent that the granules have a different surface appearance than those formulated by -14- the prior art; this is further evinced by the lack of dust or grains surrounding the particles.
  • the particles are significantly more consolidated, harder, tightly packed and include a greater amount of feedstock (at least 95% by weight) than the prior art granules. Accordingly, the advantages enumerated herein previously are realized.
  • potassium chloride particles formulated by practicing the methodology of one embodiment of the invention. As illustrated, the particles are substantially spherical, devoid any core and lack the surface graininess of the particles of Figure 6.
  • the particles illustrated include a sulfur compound.
  • Figure 9 illustrates a sodium bicarbonate granule granulated by practicing the technology set forth herein. Noteworthy is the spherical appearance and consolidation of the particle.
  • inventive technology established herein affords a commercially viable and industrially significant development in the granulation art affording pellet content customization among other features.

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L'invention concerne un procédé de granulation par voie humide de fertilisant et d'autres matières transformés en granulés. Le procédé consiste à former le granulé directement dans le bac à partir de la matière première sans phases intermédiaires ou utilisation de matières de semence. Le produit obtenu présente une section transversale complètement uniforme. Initialement, la matière première a une distribution granulométrique de -150 mailles par pouce linéaire, 90 % ou plus se trouvant dans le spectre de dimensions de 200 mailles par pouce linéaire. On préserve l'humidité pour favoriser un traitement régulier sans succession de cycles. Le procédé selon l'invention présente l'avantage de permettre la granulation, de manière sûre et adéquate, de matières réputées dangereuses ou essentiellement difficiles à granuler.
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